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Medical Xpress / Blood test shows obesity speeds Alzheimer's development

Researchers have conducted the first study evaluating the impact of obesity on Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers (BBMs). BBM values increased up to 95% faster in individuals with obesity than in non-obese individuals, ...

Medical Xpress / From cessation to celebration: Nicotine pouches go viral on TikTok

While originally created as a way to help people stop smoking, a UBC Okanagan researcher is raising concerns about oral nicotine pouches being portrayed as trendy and pleasurable, especially among young people.

14 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Public health practitioners combine proven interventions to tackle complex health challenges using new framework

Vast resources have gone into developing and testing medical and public health interventions so they can be used confidently as evidence-based practices. Yet many interventions are deployed in isolation—even when the people ...

Phys.org / Structural racism and cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British, Black Caribbean communities: Study

Inequities in how bereavement is experienced and supported among people of Black British and Black Caribbean heritage in England has been revealed in a new study led by the University of Bristol. The research, published in ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Uncovering the principle by which DNA replication initiation sites are determined in the human genome

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular aging, cancer, and genetic disorders. ...

16 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Social media marketing falls flat as a signal of quality, research finds

Research published in Information Systems Research finds that social media marketing (SMM) does little to help high-quality firms stand apart from competitors. Instead, it often pushes companies of all quality levels toward ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Beat the bugs, enjoy the beats: Study highlights disease and food safety risks at multi-day youth gatherings

As summer festivals and youth gatherings return in full swing in Australia, new research from Flinders University is revealing the hidden health risks that come with multi-day events, and how to avoid them.

15 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / PathGen: New AI-powered outbreak intelligence tool

Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI) has offered the first public preview of PathGen, an AI-powered sense-making and decision-making support platform for pathogen genomics and contextual data.

15 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / AI's impact could worsen gaps between world's rich and poor, a UN report says

Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world.

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions

Students applying to college know they can't—or at least shouldn't—use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / When 'hearing' means 'understanding': The case of the verb kikoyu in pre-modern Japanese

A new study draws on a rigorous analysis of the Corpus of Historical Japanese to trace the semantic evolution of the verb "kikoyu" from the 8th century to the 20th century. This verb, which initially referred to unintentional ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Samsung unveils first 'special edition' triple-folding phone

Samsung launched its first triple-folding phone on Tuesday, a special-edition product with an eyewatering price tag placing it out of the reach of the average consumer.

16 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets